Estonia Concert Hall was designed and constructed as part of the Estonia Theatre building. The architects were Armas Lindgren and Olivia Mathilda Lönn.
The first concert in the newly opened concert hall of the Estonia Theatre building took place on 7.09.1913.
The music of A. Lemba, A. Kapp and R. Tobias was played. Late in the evening of the same day, The Seasons by Haydn was performed by the orchestra of Estonia Theatre and the mixed choir of the Music Department.
On 9 March 1944, the Estonia Theatre building was destroyed during a bomb raid. Reconstruction work was commenced within the same year, led by architect Alar Kotli.
The Estonia Theatre building was re-completed in 1946.
In summer 1997, Estonia Concert Hall was thoroughly renovated at the initiative of Estonian Concert.
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Technical specification
Seats in the hall
871 / 973 (on request for an additional fee*)
Floor ~ 320m² (14m x 23m)
Seats 516 / 618 (on request for an additional fee*)
Max. distance from stage 21 m
Max. no of rows 26 (on request)
*Extra seats are available only on previous request and for an additional fee.
Balcony
Seats 355 in total
Middle 142
Left 107
Right 106
Rows 4 + 4 + 8 (tiered seating)
Stage ~ 180 m²
Proscenium~ 95 m² (7m x 14m)
tiering area ~ 85 m²
backstage doors 2 (0,75m x 2.1m), 2 (0,8m x 2,1m)
Stage lighting
The lighting system fulfills requirements for both television and theater productions.
Stage technology
Additional modular floors 9 (1m x 2 m)
Raisable podiums 14
Power supplies 8 x 220 V 4 x 16 A
Artist’s dressing rooms
6 (8 m²)
1 (30 m²)
Instruments
Organ Rieger Kloss, Grand pianos”Steinway & Sons”, Hammer piano Walter, Harpsichord
Orel Rieger Kloss
Check Rebublik, opus 3281 Krnov. Built: 1961, renovated: 1980.
Disposition
Electro-pneumatic tracture
4 free combinations
Pleno
Tutti
Crescendo
Schweller III Man.
Schweller IV Man.
Normal couplers
| I manuaal C – h³ 40. Quintadeva 8´ 41. Gedackt 8´ 42. Principal 4´ 43. Spitzflöte 4´ 44. Oktave 2´ 45. Quinte 1 1/3´ 46. Sesquialter 2 2/3 (2 fach) 47. Mixtur minor 1´ (4 fach) 48. Krummhorn 8´ 49. Rohrschamei 4´ 50. Tremolo |
II manuaal C – h³ 19. Kupferprincipal 16´ 20. Holzpommer 16´ 21. Principal 8´ 22. Kupferprincipal 8´ 23. Hohlflöte 8´ 24. Gemshorn 8´ 25. Kupferoktave 4´ 26. Nachthorn 4´ 27. Quinte 2 2/3 ´ 28. Superoktave 2´ 29. Rauschpfeife 4´ (4 fach) 30. Mixtur major 2 ´ (5 fach) 31. Scharf 1´ (4 fach) 32. Trompete 16´ 33. Trompete 8´ |
III manuaal C – h³ 55. Holzprincipal 8´ 56. Koppelflöte 8´ 57. Salicional 8´ 58. Principal 4´ 59. Rohrflöte 4´ 60. Oktave 2´ 61. Waldflöte 2´ 62. Gemsquinte 1 1/3´ 63. Schwegel 1´ 64. Rep. Terz 4/5´ 65. Mixtur 2/3´ (4 fach) 66. Dulcian 16´ 67. Geigend Regal 8´ 68. Tremolo |
IV manuaal C – h³ 70. Bordun 16´ 71. Principal 8´ 72. Holzflöte 8´ 73. Viola di Gamba 8´ 74. Geigenschwebung 8´ + 4´ 75. Oktave 4´ 76. Blockflöte 4´ 77. Nassut 2 2/3´ 78. Querflöte 2´ 79. Terz 1 3/5´ 80. Plein jeu 1 1/3´ (5 fach) 81. Cimbel 1/3´ (3 fach) 82. Trompete harm. 8´ 83. Oboe 8´ 84. Clairon 4´ 85. Tremolo |
Pedal
1. Untersatze 32´
2. Principalbass 16´
3. Subbass 16´
4. Gedackbass 16´
5. Quintbass 10 2/3´
6. Oktavbass 8´
7. Rohrgedackt 8´
8. Choralbass 4´
9. Flachflöte 2´
10. Grossmixtur 5 1/3´ (8 fach)
11. Posaune 16´
12. Trompete 8´
13. Clarine 4´
14. Singend Kornett 2´
Grand pianos at Estonia Concert Hall
“Steinway & Sons”
Model: D (Concert Grand) no: 597429
Manufactured: in Hamburg, 2014
“Steinway & Sons”
Model: D (Concert Grand) nr: 542946
Manufactured: in Hamburg, 1997
Hammer Piano Walter
Chris Maene (Belgium) has been constructing historic pianos for more than 25 years. Over the past 5 years, he has made instruments for the Eastman School of Music (Rochester), Cornell University (Ithaca), the Music Universities of Perth, Sydney, and Athens, the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts, le Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris, the Finnish National Opera, the Conservatories of Brussels and Antwerp, and the Julliard School of New-York. Our instrument has been built in Vienna according to a model by Anton Walter from 1795. The original instrument is currently located in the German National Museum in Nuremberg.
This is known to have been Mozart’s favourite model.
Compass: FF – a’’’
Length: 219 cm
Width: 100 cm
Case: Mahogany or walnut, hand-polished, five square tapered legs
Strings: Double strung FF – a’ ; Triple strung b’ – a’’’
Naturals: Ebony
Sharps: Bone tops
Action: Viennese with brass capsules; hammers and dampers in leather
Harpshichord
Two manuals
Three registers
No lauto (creates a semi-fading sound)
The string length of two registers is 2 m, the string length of the third register is 1.5 m
Manual range 5 octaves
Pitch: 3 positions – 440 Hz, 415 Hz and 390 Hz
Claude Labreche 1690.* *(‘Stuttgart’) *
*2×8′ 1×4′ FF-f”’ 245×94 cm. a=390=415-440
Made by Joop Klinkhamer
Inquiry
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Estonia Concert Hall
Estonia pst 4, Tallinn
phone: +372 614 7700
e-mail: info@concert.ee
VIRVE HALLIK
Chief Administrator
+372 614 7771 +372 5193 3329
virve.hallik@concert.ee
TRIIN-ELIIS SÜLD
Administrator
+372 614 7772 +372 53491299
triin-eliis.syld@concert.ee
